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June 7 I find my name in the papers as one of the wounded of our Regiment, I was slightly wounded in the left arm near the shoulder but not so as to have to leave the battlefield- We mowd the Rebels down in [?] and took a great many prisoners. Rebel Captains suffered greatly -I fired forty five rounds from my rifle We had just got our rifles when we had orders to march in fighting order. Col Roberts would call out to us while we were fighting " Give it to them Boys, they don't know the second Maine has rifles- that's what's the matter" Our Orderly Sargent, a Noble fellow, was shot dead on the field and four of us ( our Company ) wounded. I shall be able to go into the fight on the other side of the Chickahominy. It will take place place in a few days and will be a grand battle, & probably the last one in Virginia. I have received letters from all my sisters since they heard of my being wounded. I hope they have received my letters written just after the fight, for they seem to feel quite anxious about me- I also received an urgent invitation from Uncle Hodges to come there Luckily my wound was not serious enough to put me in need of a furlough, so I thanked him heartily for the invitation which I